面皮 (miànpí) · dumpling wrapper; dough skin

Meanings

1 dumpling wrapper; dough skin
2 mianpi (Shaanxi cold noodle dish)
3 face; sense of shame

About the ingredient

粮食 Grains and noodles

Thin wheat dough wrappers for dumplings, wontons and buns: dumpling rounds are about 7 cm across, wonton squares are thinner. Home cooks roll the rounds slightly thicker in the middle than at the edge; ready-made ones are sold too.

Contains wheat

Used in 3 dishes

云吞面 yúntūnmiàn

红油抄手 hóngyóu chāoshǒu

龙抄手 Lóngchāoshǒu

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

他面皮薄，不好意思开口。

Tā miànpí báo, bùhǎoyìsi kāikǒu.

He's thin-skinned and too shy to speak up.

HSK 7-9

包饺子要先擀面皮。

Bāo jiǎozi yào xiān gǎn miànpí.

To wrap dumplings you first need to roll out the wrappers.

HSK 7-9

陕西的凉皮也叫面皮。

Shǎnxī de liángpí yě jiào miànpí.

Shaanxi cold noodles are also called mianpi.

Tips

usage

面皮 has three distinct uses: (1) the wrapper of dumplings/bao; (2) a popular Shaanxi cold noodle dish made from wheat or rice flour; (3) figuratively, one's "face" - 面皮薄 means easily embarrassed, 面皮厚 means shameless. Context usually makes the meaning clear.